Lord Holme of Cheltenham

Lord Holme of Cheltenham CBE (died on 4 May 2008) was a director and chairman of GlobeScan, treasurer of Africa APPG, and vice chair of Corporate Social Responsibility APPG.

"Lord Holme, former Executive Director of Rio Tinto Plc., has distinguished himself in both the business and political worlds dealing with the issues Environics tracks through its global research. He has co-chaired both the Corporate Social Responsibility Working Group at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Environment and Energy Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Most recently, he was Vice-Chairman of Business Action for Sustainable Development (BASD), the global business coalition for the Johannesburg World Summit." 

"Richard Holme has had an active career in business and in public life; and in recent years has been at the forefront of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development. He is a former main board director of Rio Tinto, and currently Adviser to BG Group, Standard Chartered Bank and NTL, and a member of the Advisory Board of Liberty Global in Boston and Montrose Associates in London. He is the recipient of special awards for his contributions to both the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the International Chamber of Commerce. He was Chairman of the World Business Awards in 2004. Outside of business, he is Chairman of LEAD International and Chair of the Royal African Society as well as Chancellor of the University of Greenwich. He is also a Trustee of Bennington College in Vermont and a Visiting Professor at the Thunderbird Graduate School of Business in Phoenix, Arizona. He is Chairman of the Select Constitution in Parliament."

He is also on the Advisory Board of the British American Project. 


 * Former Chair, LEAD International